Countries
Nigeria
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Iran
  
Second Language
Nigeria
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
sannu
  
Salam
  
Thank You
gode ku
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
yaya dai
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
mai kyau dare
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
barka da yamma
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
Don Allah
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
yi hakuri
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
sai anjima
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ina son ku
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
gafara dai
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Gaananci
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Daragaram
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million
  
28
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
35.00 million
  
27
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
haoussa
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
14
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Chadic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Hausa
  
Balochi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ha
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hau
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
hau
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
hau
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
haus1257
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Hausa and Balochi Speaking population
Hausa and Balochi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Balochi languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Balochi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Hausa and Balochi on Hausa vs Balochi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hausa and Balochi Language Codes
Hausa and Balochi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hausa and Balochi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.